Directory of Papers
LD 400 - 599

LD 400, HP0266

An Act To Continue To Permit Persons 70 Years of Age and Older To Hunt with a Crossbow

LD 401, HP0267

An Act To Create Transparency in the Mortgage Foreclosure Process

LD 402, HP0268

Resolve, To Amend Rules Regarding Proof of Ownership of Logging Equipment and Recruitment by Employers Employing Foreign Laborers To Operate Logging Equipment

LD 403, HP0269

An Act To Eliminate the Exception from Minimum Wage Laws for Workers Who Receive Tips

LD 404, HP0270

An Act To Prohibit Public Employers from Acting as Collection Agents for Labor Unions

LD 405, HP0271

An Act To Support Expanded Capacity for Breeding Wild Atlantic Salmon in Downeast Rivers

LD 406, HP0272

An Act To Increase the Salaries of the Governor and Legislators

LD 407, HP0273

An Act To Buy American-made Products

LD 408, HP0274

An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare for Changes in Sea Level

LD 409, HP0275

An Act To Lower the Individual Income Tax Incrementally to Zero

LD 410, HP0276

Resolve, To Direct the Department of Transportation To Require the Word "Danger" on All Road Signs That Warn of Moose

LD 411, HP0277

Resolve, Regarding Engineering for Route 161

LD 412, HP0278

An Act Regarding Telephonic Political Communications and Push Polling

LD 413, HP0279

An Act To Expand Access to Absentee Ballots

LD 414, HP0281

An Act To Remove Certain Exemptions to the Laws Concerning Tree Specialists

LD 415, HP0282

An Act To Promote the Safe Use and Sale of Firearms

LD 416, HP0283

An Act To Provide for Direct Appeals under the Maine Juvenile Code to the Supreme Judicial Court

LD 417, HP0284

An Act Regarding Measures To Ensure Students Can Demonstrate Proficiency in Financial Literacy

LD 418, HP0285

Resolve, To Study the Use of Social Impact Bonds as a Funding Mechanism for Public Education Programs in Maine

LD 419, HP0286

An Act To Promote Academic Opportunities for Maine Youth during Summer Months

LD 420, HP0287

An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Filing Fees for Proposed Transmission Line Projects

LD 421, HP0288

An Act To Improve Program Integrity Activities within the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 422, HP0289

An Act To Improve Access to Treatments for Lyme Disease

LD 423, HP0290

An Act To Require Child-resistant Packaging for Products Containing Liquid Nicotine

LD 424, HP0291

An Act To Allow the Use of Suppressors for Hunting Nuisance Wildlife

LD 425, HP0292

An Act To Prohibit False Labeling of Marine Organisms

LD 426, HP0293

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Address Sea Level Rise

LD 427, HP0294

An Act To Address and Mitigate the Effects of Marine Debris

LD 428, SP0157

An Act To Amend the Powers and Duties of the State Board of Education

LD 429, SP0158

An Act To Modify the Disbursement from the Maine Economic Improvement Fund

LD 430, SP0159

An Act To Assist Municipalities To Obtain Payment of Overdue Sewer Bills

LD 431, SP0160

An Act To Strengthen the Laws Prohibiting Stalking

LD 432, SP0161

An Act To Exempt Fuel Purchased for Off-road Use in Commercial Construction and Wood Harvesting Equipment from Sales and Use Tax

LD 433, SP0162

An Act To Clarify the Liability of Funeral Practitioners

LD 434, SP0163

An Act To Promote Equity in the Joint and Several Liability Law in Maine

LD 435, SP0164

An Act To Extend the Protection of Municipal Shellfish Conservation Programs

LD 436, SP0165

An Act To Require Providers of Short-term Lodging To Be Licensed by the State

LD 437, SP0166

An Act To Ensure the Responsibility of the Department of Transportation for a Portion of U.S. Route 1 in York and for the U.S. Route 1 Bypass in Kittery

LD 438, SP0167

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Maine's Rail Infrastructure and Expand Passenger Rail Service

LD 439, SP0168

An Act To Prohibit Excessive Idling of Passenger Trains

LD 440, SP0169

An Act To Create a Secure, Therapeutic Mental Health Unit

LD 441, SP0170

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Local Share of Education Costs

LD 442, SP0171

An Act To Clarify Municipal Capacity for Site Location of Development and Encourage Local Development

LD 443, SP0172

An Act To Help Stabilize Homeless Shelters in Maine

LD 444, SP0173

An Act To Allow a Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Credit for a Vehicle No Longer in Use

LD 445, SP0174

An Act Regarding the Sick Days of an Employee Who Is Terminated While on Sick Leave

LD 446, SP0175

An Act To Change the Name of the Public Utilities Commission's Consumer Assistance Division

LD 447, SP0176

An Act To Repeal Outdated Statutory Sections Relating to Regional Ride Share Programs

LD 448, SP0177

An Act Regarding the Use of Remote-access Technology at Public Meetings of the Public Utilities Commission

LD 449, SP0178

An Act Regarding the Payment of Commissions by Car Rental Companies

LD 450, SP0179

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services

LD 451, SP0180

An Act To Improve Disclosure Procedures

LD 452, SP0181

An Act To Require a Work Search for Job-ready Applicants for Benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

LD 453, SP0182

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Upgrade and Replace Infrastructure of the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation

LD 454, SP0183

An Act To Enact the Student Information Privacy Act

LD 455, SP0184

An Act To Prohibit Deceptive Practices Regarding Unsolicited Loans

LD 456, HP0295

An Act To Include Nonalcoholic Malt Beverages in the List of Exempt Products in the Law Regarding the Labeling of Genetically Engineered Products

LD 457, HP0296

An Act To Redistribute the Agricultural Fair Support Fund

LD 458, HP0297

An Act To Implement a Motor Vehicle Violation Electronic Citation Program

LD 459, HP0298

An Act To Protect the Environment from Fireworks Debris

LD 460, HP0299

An Act To Restore Liability Insurance Requirements for Amusement Rides and Other Public Exhibitions

LD 461, HP0300

An Act To Change the Notification Deadline for the Nonrenewal of a Teacher's Contract

LD 462, HP0301

An Act To Clarify Rulemaking for Transportation of Public School Students

LD 463, HP0302

An Act Regarding Eligibility of Children Placed in Guardianship for the School Lunch and Milk Program

LD 464, HP0303

An Act To Improve Science and Engineering Education for Maine's Students

LD 465, HP0304

An Act To Eliminate the Broadband Sustainability Fee

LD 466, HP0305

An Act To Increase Competition and Ensure a Robust Information and Telecommunications Market

LD 467, HP0306

An Act To Change the Borders of the Saco River Corridor

LD 468, HP0307

An Act To Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable or Polystyrene Food Service Containers

LD 469, HP0308

An Act To Promote the Disposal of Unused Medications

LD 470, HP0309

An Act To Allow Children's Residential Care Facilities To Ensure the Safety of Their Residents

LD 471, HP0310

An Act To Improve Childhood Vaccination Rates in Maine

LD 472, HP0311

An Act To Establish Meals on Wheels as a Service Covered under the MaineCare Program

LD 473, HP0312

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services To Jointly Adopt Rules To Protect Children's Health

LD 474, HP0313

An Act To Improve Access to Dental Care in Maine

LD 475, HP0314

Resolve, To Increase MaineCare Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autistic Disorder

LD 476, HP0315

An Act To Require Pharmacies To Provide Disposal Receptacles for Used Hypodermic Apparatuses

LD 477, HP0316

Resolve, To Increase Funding To Support Peer Centers

LD 478, HP0317

An Act To Require That Death Certificates Be Signed Using an Electronic Signature System

LD 479, HP0318

An Act To Allow Hunting on Sunday with the Landowner's Written Consent

LD 480, HP0319

An Act To Allow Condominium and Homeowners Associations To Establish Swim Areas

LD 481, HP0320

An Act To Amend the Eligibility Requirements for the Rural Medical Access Program

LD 482, HP0321

An Act To Prohibit Flying over Land with Drones without Written Permission from the Landowner

LD 483, HP0322

An Act Regarding the Reporting Standards for Child Abuse

LD 484, HP0323

An Act Regarding the Confidentiality of Railroad Carrier Cargo

LD 485, HP0324

An Act To Allow Licensed Foresters To Use Mechanics Liens

LD 486, HP0325

An Act To Require Adequate Rest Breaks for Employees

LD 487, HP0326

An Act To Provide for an Increase in the Minimum Wage

LD 488, HP0327

An Act To Expand the Scope of Practice for Denturists

LD 489, HP0328

An Act To Ensure the Right To Work without Payment of Dues or Fees to a Labor Union as a Condition of Employment

LD 490, HP0329

An Act To Extend the Legal Hours for Harvesting Lobsters

LD 491, HP0330

An Act To Lower from 70 to 65 the Age at Which a Person May Obtain a Lobster and Crab Fishing License for a Reduced Fee

LD 492, HP0331

An Act To Expand Eligibility for Lobster and Crab Fishing Licenses for Veterans

LD 493, HP0332

An Act To Create the Ocean Acidification Council

LD 494, HP0333

An Act Regarding the Maintenance of Easements

LD 495, HP0334

An Act To Make Minor Nonsubstantive Changes to the Laws Affecting the Office of the State Auditor

LD 496, HP0335

Resolve, To Transfer Certain State-owned Property to the Town of East Millinocket

LD 497, HP0336

An Act To Provide a Sales Tax Rebate for Certain Organizations Providing Services to Disabled Veterans

LD 498, HP0337

An Act To Restore the Super Credit for Substantially Increased Research and Development

LD 499, HP0338

An Act To Create Jobs in the Forest Products Industry

LD 500, HP0339

Resolve, To Create a Working Group To Develop Solutions To Meet the Needs for Municipal Volunteer Personnel

LD 501, HP0340

An Act To Amend the Estate Tax Laws

LD 502, HP0341

An Act To Repeal the Service Provider Tax on Private Nonmedical Institutions and To Offset That Revenue Loss

LD 503, HP0342

An Act To Provide Local Sales Tax Increment Disbursements

LD 504, HP0343

An Act To Increase the Penalty for Failing To Carry Proof of Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility

LD 505, HP0344

An Act To Increase the Funding Level of the Local Road Assistance Program

LD 506, HP0345

An Act To Improve Public-private Transportation Partnerships

LD 507, HP0346

An Act To Allow Primary Petition Signature Requirements To Be Proportional with Party Enrollment

LD 508, HP0347

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Number of Agency Liquor Stores Allowed in a Municipality

LD 509, HP0348

An Act To Facilitate the Timely Return of Requested Absentee Ballots

LD 510, HP0349

An Act To Increase the Number of Container Options for Breweries

LD 511, HP0350

An Act To Permit a Licensed Sales Representative To Provide Spirits at an Approved Tasting Event

LD 512, HP0351

An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the Criminal Law Advisory Commission Relative to the Maine Criminal Code

LD 513, HP0352

An Act To Clarify the Protections of Court Appointed Special Advocate Workers under State Law

LD 514, HP0353

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Location of Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Collection for Motor Vehicles Owned by Public Utilities

LD 515, HP0354

An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Commercial Learner's Permits

LD 516, HP0355

An Act Regarding Gaming

LD 517, HP0356

Resolve, To Reconcile Conflicts between the Home and Community-based Waiver Program for the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities and the Requirements of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Public Safety

LD 518, SP0186

An Act To Clarify and Protect Certain Public Service Retirement Benefits

LD 519, SP0187

An Act To Allow Telecommunications Infrastructure Investment in Development Districts for Municipalities and Plantations

LD 520, SP0188

An Act To Amend the Requirement for a Certificate of Title for Junk and Scrap Automobiles and Vehicles

LD 521, SP0190

An Act To Amend the Health Care Practitioner Transparency Requirements

LD 522, SP0191

An Act To Clarify a Recently Enacted Law Designed To Expand the Number of Qualified Educators

LD 523, SP0192

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding the Sale of Liquor

LD 524, SP0193

An Act To Start a Pilot Program for Medical Substitution Treatment in a Local Community Setting

LD 525, SP0194

Resolve, To Direct the Department of Health and Human Services To Report on Efforts To Reach in Rural Areas Persons Who Are Elderly, Disabled or Mentally Ill

LD 526, SP0195

Resolve, To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Request a Waiver To Prohibit the Use of Food Supplement Benefits for the Purchase of Taxable Food Items

LD 527, SP0196

An Act To Repeal Outdated Agricultural Aviation Laws

LD 528, SP0197

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding the Maine Organ and Tissue Donation Fund

LD 529, SP0198

An Act To Amend the Law Concerning Motor Vehicles at Railroad Crossings

LD 530, SP0199

An Act To Improve Public Sector Collective Bargaining Laws

LD 531, SP0200

An Act To Establish the Maine Fourth Amendment Protection Act

LD 532, SP0201

An Act To Prohibit Maine Clean Election Act Candidates from Accepting Special Interest Money through a Political Party or Political Action Committee

LD 533, HP0357

An Act To Ensure Humane Conditions for Egg-laying Poultry

LD 534, HP0358

An Act To Increase Crisis Intervention Training in the State

LD 535, HP0359

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Concealed Handguns Permit Application

LD 536, HP0360

An Act To Amend Provisions Regarding the Appointment of Members of the Maine Charter School Commission

LD 537, HP0361

An Act To Prohibit Standardized Testing of Children before the Third Grade

LD 538, HP0362

An Act To Reduce Fees at Maine's Postsecondary Institutions

LD 539, HP0363

An Act To Increase Utilization of the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center

LD 540, HP0364

An Act To Improve Access to Dental Care through the Establishment of the Maine Board of Oral Health

LD 541, HP0365

An Act To Promote Sustainability in Home Ownership for First-time Home Buyers

LD 542, HP0366

An Act To Reduce Property Taxes

LD 543, HP0367

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Use of Flashing Lights by School Buses

LD 544, HP0368

An Act To Assist Maine Veterans and Service Members

LD 545, HP0369

An Act To Require That Traffic Lights Default to Flashing Mode between the Hours of Midnight and 6 a.m.

LD 546, HP0370

An Act To Assist Individuals To Obtain a Permit To Grow and Sell Water Spinach

LD 547, HP0371

An Act Regarding Service Dogs

LD 548, HP0372

An Act To Provide a Concealed Handgun Permit for Active Military Members

LD 549, HP0373

Resolve, To Create the Task Force on Disaster Resiliency

LD 550, HP0374

An Act To Adjust the Calculation of Municipal Education Contributions for Communities Faced with Sudden and Severe Property Tax Valuation Reductions

LD 551, HP0375

An Act To Provide Incentives for Implementation of Municipal Comprehensive Plans To Prevent Sprawl

LD 552, HP0376

An Act To Provide Funding for Home Visiting Services

LD 553, HP0377

An Act To Include a Representative of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs in the House of Representatives

LD 554, HP0378

An Act Concerning Commercial Vehicles at Canadian Weight Limits Traveling to Certain Points in the State

LD 555, HP0379

An Act To Distribute a Portion of Proceeds from the Oxford Casino to the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and the Aroostook Band of Micmacs

LD 556, HP0380

An Act To Require Public Schools To Offer Instruction Related to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated External Defibrillator

LD 557, HP0381

An Act To Provide Reasonable Accommodations for School Attendance for Children Certified for the Medical Use of Marijuana

LD 558, HP0382

An Act To Amend the Community-based Renewable Energy Project Laws for Purposes of the Mayo Mill Project

LD 559, HP0383

An Act To Notify Parents of a Complaint against a Child Care Facility or a Family Child Care Provider

LD 560, HP0384

An Act Regarding Patient Information Under the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act

LD 561, HP0385

An Act To Recognize the Registrations of Snowmobiles and All-terrain Vehicles Owned by Residents of a State That Borders Maine

LD 562, HP0386

An Act To Protect Casino Workers

LD 563, HP0387

An Act Regarding the Purchase of Trap Tags in the Lobster Fishery

LD 564, HP0388

An Act To Establish Appropriate Parameters for County Borrowing Authority

LD 565, HP0389

An Act To Authorize Municipalities To Impose Service Charges on Tax-exempt Property Owned by Certain Nonprofit Organizations

LD 566, HP0390

An Act To Protect Individuals from Breaches of Trust by Clergy Members

LD 567, HP0391

Resolve, To Implement Recommendations from the Maine Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education and Workforce Plan

LD 568, HP0392

An Act To Protect Maine Lakes

LD 569, HP0393

An Act To Reduce Municipal Liability outside Federally Declared Flood Zones

LD 570, HP0394

An Act To Authorize the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Postpone or Cancel an Open Hunting Season

LD 571, HP0395

Resolve, To Study the Need for a Standard Formula for the Horsepower of Motors Used on the Lakes and Ponds of the State

LD 572, HP0396

An Act To Ensure Appropriate Health Insurance Coverage for Prescription Eye Drops

LD 573, HP0397

An Act To Provide for Annulment of Certain Arrest Records and Expungement of Certain Confidential Criminal History Record Information

LD 574, HP0398

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Membership of the Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse

LD 575, HP0399

An Act To Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine's Working Families

LD 576, HP0400

An Act To Adjust Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government Related to Position Changes for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2015, June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017

LD 577, HP0401

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Penalties for Writing Bad Checks

LD 578, HP0402

An Act To Redefine the Method by Which the Department of Education Determines Cost Sharing for School Construction and Renovation Projects for Municipalities within a School Administrative Unit

LD 579, HP0403

An Act To Allow Teachers To Teach and Students To Learn by Amending the Laws Governing Education Standards

LD 580, HP0404

An Act To Extend the Funding Period for Landfill Closure Costs

LD 581, HP0405

An Act To Clarify the Municipal Development District Law

LD 582, HP0406

An Act To Establish a State Educational Medicaid Officer

LD 583, HP0407

An Act To Clarify the Law Governing Mortuary Trust Accounts as They Relate to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act

LD 584, HP0408

RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Prohibit the Denial of Equal Rights Based on the Sex of an Individual

LD 585, HP0409

An Act Regarding the Processing of Absentee Ballots Prior to Election Day

LD 586, SP0202

An Act To Amend the Maine Economic Development Venture Capital Revolving Investment Program

LD 587, SP0203

An Act Regarding Contract Indemnification

LD 588, SP0204

An Act To Revise the Mining Laws

LD 589, SP0205

An Act To Increase the Beneficial Reuse of Waste Materials and To Promote Community-based Renewable Energy

LD 590, SP0206

An Act To Exempt a Fee for a Paper or Plastic Single-use Carry-out Bag from Tax

LD 591, SP0207

An Act To Allow Municipal and Volunteer Firefighters To Operate Motor Vehicles as Authorized Emergency Vehicles

LD 592, SP0208

An Act To Extend to Certain Fruit and Vegetable Growers the Manufacturing Facility Fuel and Electricity Sales Tax Exemptions

LD 593, SP0209

An Act To Allow the Resale of Electricity by Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

LD 594, SP0211

An Act To Allow the Creation of a Local Option Sales Tax by Referendum

LD 595, SP0212

An Act To Reduce Carbon Emissions from Residential Heating

LD 596, SP0213

An Act To Allow for the Purchase and Use of Specialty Racing Fuel in Maine

LD 597, HP0410

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 29: Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autistic Disorder, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services

LD 598, HP0411

An Act To Strengthen the Maine Agriculture Protection Act

LD 599, HP0412

An Act To Direct the Department of Public Safety To Establish a Public Safety Answering Point for the Passamaquoddy Indian Reservation at Indian Township